Editing Silver Service (section)

{{Short description|Duo of Amtrak trains operating from New York to Florida}}
{{About|[[passenger train]] service|the form of [[table service]]|silver service}}
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{{Infobox Public transit
|name = ''Silver Service''
|image = File:Old 97, New Locomotive (14853558824).jpg
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|caption=The ''[[Silver Meteor]]'' passing [[Odenton station]] in 2014
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|locale = [[East Coast of the United States|United States East Coast]]
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|transit_type = [[Inter-city rail]]
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|lines = 2
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|operator = [[Amtrak]]
|website = {{url|https://www.amtrak.com/silver-service-palmetto-train|Amtrak ''Silver Service''}}
|map = {{Silver Service|inline=yes}}
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|start=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
|end=[[Miami]], [[Florida]]
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[[File:Amtrak Silver Service.png|thumb|Amtrak ''Silver Service'' map]]
'''''Silver Service''''' was a [[brand]] applied by [[Amtrak]] to its [[Amtrak Long Distance|long-distance]] trains running along the [[United States East Coast]] between [[New York City]] and [[Miami, Florida]]. It comprised two trains – the {{lnl|Amtrak|Silver Meteor}} and {{lnl|Amtrak|Silver Star}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=AMTRAK TO HOST CIVIC CONVERSATION IN SAVANNAH ON RAIL DEPOT REDEVELOPMENT AND RESTORATION|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1635988881.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324223855/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1635988881.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 24, 2016|publisher=US Fed News Service, Including US State News |access-date=2012-12-31|date=January 27, 2009}}</ref> Since November 2024, the ''Silver Star'' has been temporarily combined with the {{lnl|Amtrak|Capitol Limited}} to form the {{lnl|Amtrak|Floridian}}, a Chicago–Washington–Miami route. The ''Silver Service'' brand was subsequently quietly discontinued for an indefinite period at the same time. 

The two services follow the same general route between New York City and Miami, but diverge between [[Selma, North Carolina]], and [[Savannah, Georgia]], as well as at [[Auburndale, Florida]]. The ''Silver Meteor'' takes a more direct, coastal route on the [[Main Line (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)|CSX A-Line]] between Selma and Savannah via [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]], [[Florence, South Carolina]], and [[Charleston, South Carolina]], while the ''Silver Star'' travels inland over the [[Main Line (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)|CSX S-Line]] to serve the Carolinas' two state capitals, [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], and [[Columbia, South Carolina]]. At Auburndale, Florida, the ''Silver Star'' continues west to service [[Lakeland, Florida|Lakeland]] and [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], while the ''Silver Meteor'' turns south to go directly to Miami. 

Amtrak's ''[[Palmetto (train)|Palmetto]]'' operates over the ''Silver Meteor's'' route between New York City and Savannah. However, from 1996 to 2002, the train was known as the ''Silver Palm'' and ran all the way south to Miami, though over a different routing between Jacksonville and Auburndale. The ''Palmetto'' name was reverted in 2002, and service was eventually truncated back to Savannah in 2004.